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Simulation and Analysis of Three-Phase Asynchronous

Motor
Sapna Khanchi *, Vijay Kumar Garg **
*
M.Tech Students, UIET, Kurukshetra University, (Kurukshetra)
**
Asst. Professor, UIET, Dept. of Electrical Engg., (Kurukshetra)

Abstract- This paper presents when unbalanced is introduced in The per phase equivalent circuit of an asynchronous motor
the stator circuit, the result is obtained in the form of unbalanced is shown below
of stator current , rotor current,torque and speed of the machine.
In this study unstaisfactory parameters of stator current , rotor
current ,torque and speed via simulation are presents. In this
paper single phase supply apply on the two pahses of induction
machine.The simulation results are also given which shows the
performance of asynchronous (induction) motor.This simulation
results justify the abnormality in the speed and torque of the
machine.In this study results obtained under unbalance are also
compared with the results under balanced condition.

Index Terms- asynchronous motor, simulink, stator current ( ),

Where stator resistance stator reactance, rotor
rotor current( ,speed , torque( )etc
resistance and rotor reactance
Rotor current is:
I. INTRODUCTION

D ue to their reliability, simple construction and low cost,

these motors are widely used in industrial drives. It has
good speed regulation and high starting torque. Furthermore, it
requires little maintenance. It has a reasonable overload capacity.
For industrial and many other application three-phase
asynchronous motors are prime movers for the vast majority of
machines. In modern industrialized countries, more than half the
total electrical energy used in those countries is converted to
mechanical energy through AC induction motors. It has also
estimated that 70% to 80% of all electricity in the world is
consumed by these motors. Due to the recent developments in
speed control methods of the induction motor have led to their
large scale use in almost all electrical drives. They are truly
elegant machines in that there are no moving parts except the
rotor. Damage of stator insulation is the most frequent failure in
electrical motor. Protection of the induction motor against
different internal faults would limit the fault duration and prevent
motor from substantial damage, but unbalanced voltage is one of
the most frequent disturbances in electrical systems.
Maximum torque, thus
The rotor circuit of an induction motor has low resistance
and high inductance. At starting, the rotor frequency is equal to
the stator frequency (i.e., 50 Hz) so that rotor reactance is large
compared with rotor resistance. Therefore, rotor current lags the
rotor e.m.f. by a large angle, the power factor is low and
consequently the starting torque is small. When resistance is
added to the rotor circuit, the rotor power factor is improved
which results in improved starting torque. This, of course,
increases the rotor impedance and, therefore, decreases the value
of rotor current but the effect of improved power factor
predominates and the starting torque is increased.

III. SIMULATION TEST AND RESULTS

II. CIRCUIT MODEL
Considering the three phases to be balanced, when the three-
phase voltages are applied to the stator windings, a rotating
magnetic field is established. As the magnetic field rotates,
currents are induced in the conductors of the squirrel-cage rotor.
The interaction of the induced currents and the magnetic field
produces forces that cause the rotor to also rotate.
The facilities provided by the Simulink software of
MATLAB are used to implement the block diagram. In this study
simulation test is performed to measure the effect of unbalanced
supply on stator circuit of three phase asynchronous (induction)
motor. In this work a squirrel cage asynchronous motor is tested.

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Fig 1 simulation model of 20 hp induction machine when 1

phase supply applied Fig 4 stator current ( ) under unbalanced voltage condition

Fig 5 rotor current ( under unbalanced voltage condition

Fig 2 simulation model of 20 hp motor when three phase

supply applied

A 20 hp 460V, 1760 rpm motor is used for this purpose i.e.

operation is performed on 20hp three phase motor. When the
unbalanced is interduced in the stator circuit ,the result can be
observed in the form of unbalanced parameter of stator current ,
rotor current,torque and speed of the machine as shown in figs.

Fig 6 Torque ( ) curve under unbalanced condition

Fig3 voltage between two phases

Fig 7 speed ) when single phase supply apply on two

phase of machine

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Fig 8 speed when three phase supply apply
Fig 9 Torque ( ) curve when three phase supply apply
Fig10 rotor current under balanced condition
After studied it is observed that, during starting of an
induction motor, the stator resistance and the motor inductance
(both rotor and stator) must be kept low to reduce the steady state
time and also to reduce the jerks during starting. On the other
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hand, higher value of rotor resistance leads to lesser jerks while
having no effect on the steady state time.
IV. CONCULSION
From the simulink result, it is found that an unbalanced
supply voltage produces rotating magnetic field moving at a non-
uniform rate and strength. This will cause unbalanced heating in
the stator winding, which will lead to unequal heating. The
variation in supply voltage affects the speed, torque of the motor,
starting current, full-load current, starting torque, maximum
torque as well as operating temperature of various parts of the
machine. These lead to unsatisfactory operation of the machine.
Also the unbalancing in the voltage source can cause excessive
losses, heating, noise, vibration, torsional, pulsations, slip and
motor accelerating torque.
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AUTHORS
First Author Sapna Khanchi, M.Tech Students, UIET,
Kurukshetra University, (Kurukshetra), Email:
Sapna.khanchi@gmail.com,pkadiyan3@gmail.com
Second Author Vijay Kumar Garg, Asst. Professor, UIET,
Dept. of Electrical Engg., (Kurukshetra)
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